New Years Eve was full of highs and lows. The boat was really no good at all and staffed with people who were more interested in eating the food and drinking the drink than anything else. On the other hand the fireworks were really amazing and being in New York when the ball dropped was an unbelievable experience. The drive back to the hotel in the stretch limo was great - for my son this was one of the highlights of the holiday.

After a very late breakfast on New Years day, we went shopping on Firth ave, went to the top of the Rock again (it was a beautiful sunny day), walked into time square and then after stopping for Dinner returned to the hotel.

The last day of our holiday we spent visiting the zoo at Central park and doing the last main bit of sightseeing - visiting the Empire State building. We then walked back past all of our favourite bits from the week before returning to the hotel early as we have a very early start in the morning with the car for the airport collecting us at 6.30am.

All in all, a fantastic holiday.